Alta Vista
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 7,850
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 43.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 45.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.4% (estimated) · 2016: 29.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16%2016: 16.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.1%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.9%2016: 21.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.8%2016: 30% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.8%2016: 19.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.9%2011: 32.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.8%2011: 28.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 6.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.3%2016: 23.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.6%2011: 8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.4%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.3%2016: 12% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.1%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.8%2016: 14.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%69.9%2016: 67% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%52.2%2016: 51.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.8%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%46.2%2016: 46.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.8%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%64.3%2016: 65.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%10.7%2016: 12.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%24.9%2016: 21.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.2%2016: 80.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.2%2016: 20.6% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.8%2016: 83.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.2%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.2%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.4%2016: 5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%13.8%2016: 6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%57.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%18.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%75.4%2016: 67.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%5.8%2016: 17.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.7%2016: 8.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.9%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.6%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021